It turns out that Florida law makes receiving a shipment of out-of-state wine directly a felony unless it goes through a distributor, and wine's not the sort of thing a tea-totaling president's brother can get at the office.

So Davis' baggage at the next governors' meeting is expected to clink and gurgle.

IQ CHECK

You could make a good case that Lloyd Ward lacks the political savvy to be CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee, a job he has held about 15 months, or long enough to help his brother land a big-bucks contract for the Pan American Games.

But forget that bit of business legerdemain. It's not uncommon in these days of Enron, Adelphia, Arthur Andersen and those pranksters.

In testimony before a Senate panel on Tuesday, he tried a bit of racial oneupsmanship. Ward told about escaping poverty to become CEO of Maytag, among other accomplishments. Apparently he hadn't done his homework.

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., sat on the Senate panel. He is the product of the union of a Northern Cheyenne father and Portuguese immigrant mother, and he worked his way into the 1964 Olympics as a member of the U.S. Judo team and is the only Native American senator.

REALITY SETS IN

Phil Jackson on the Lakers: "I've always been known for being positive, maybe I've been too positive. Maybe I should just say that, positively, this is not a good team."

REST OF THE STORY

Loathe to miss a chance, the University of Dayton's crack PR department let the world know that the school has two alumni who have won Super Bowls as coaches.

One was Chuck Noll, who won four with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The other was Jon Gruden, who won with Tampa Bay.

The Bucs media guide adds that the Flyers were 24-7 while Gruden was on the team.

Neither bother to remind that he was a seldom-used quarterback who threw three passes, and that his time on the field was generally limited to holding for extra points and field goals.

POOR PLANNING

Ralph Vacchiano in the New York Daily News:

"In the week before Super Bowl XXXVII, Disney signed dozens of Buccaneer and Raider players to promotional contracts, just in case one was named the game's most valuable player. Disney even signed the third-string quarterbacks.

"But it never asked Dexter Jackson to sign a thing."

That's why Bucs QB Brad Johnson was at Disneyland on Monday while Jackson was picking out his Cadillac as Super Bowl MVP.

Jim Hodges can be reached at 247-4633 or by e-mail at jhodges@dailypress.com